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The Best Recipes in the World by Mark Bittman

The Best Recipes in the World

More than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home

by Mark Bittman

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  • Oct 2005, 768 pages
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The author of How to Cook Everything takes you on the culinary trip of a lifetime. Mark Bittman traveled the world to find and bring back the best recipes of home cooks from 44 countries. This bountiful collection of new, easy, and ultra-flavorful dishes will add exciting new tastes and cosmopolitan flair to your everyday cooking and entertaining.

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